Australian
Architect Glenn Murcutt To Receive 36th Annual Jefferson Architecture
Medal At The University Of Virginia

January
16, 2001-- Glenn Murcutt, a major figure in world
architecture who is known for his ecologically sensitive work that
synthesizes elements of regional vernacular with modernist tradition,
will receive the 36th annual Thomas Jefferson Medal in
Architecture at the University of Virginia during its Founders
Day celebration at a private luncheon in the Rotunda on April 12.
He will give a public lecture on April 11 at 2 p.m. in Old Cabell
Hall.

Murcutt
has worked almost exclusively alone in his practice, single-handedly
guiding every aspect of a project from conception to completion.
Even with worldwide recognition in the past few years, he has resisted
the pressure to expand and alter the integrity of his careful working
methodology.

Using
glass, steel and aluminum, Murcutts designs integrate the
structure with the landscape and complement the natural environment.
He has won an international following for his high craft, originality
and economical construction methods in response to site, climate
and client requirements. Considered both an environmentalist and
a naturalist, he has long been interested in traditional societies
and his work with Australias Aboriginal community and culture
and their sense of place has been a cornerstone of his architecture.

The
1992 recipient of Finlands Alvar Aalto Medal, one of the worlds
most prestigious architecture awards, Murcutt taught graduate studios
in U.Va.s School of Architecture as the Thomas Jefferson Visiting
Professor in spring 1998.

The
Jefferson Medal in Architecture, for lasting contributions to a
field that deeply interested the Universitys founder, is,
with the Jefferson Medal in Law, the highest outside honor offered
by U.Va., which grants no honorary degrees.

THOMAS
JEFFERSON MEDAL IN ARCHITECTURE

1966 Mies van der Rohe

1984 H. H. The Aga Khan

1967 Alvar Aalto

1985 Leon Krier

1968 Marcel Breurer

1986 James Stirling

1969 John Ely Burchard

1987 Romaldo Giurgola

1970 Kenzo Tange

1988 Dan Kiley

1971 Jose Luis Sert

1989 Paul Mellon

1972 Lewis Mumford

1990 Fumihiko Maki

1973 Jean Labatut

1991 John V. Lindsay

1974 Frei Otto

1992 Aldo Rossi

1975 Sir Nikolaus Pevsner

1993 Andres M. Duany

1976 I.M. Pei

& Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk

1977 Ada Louise Huxtable

1994 Frank O. Gehry

1978 Philip Johnson

1995 Ian L. McHarg

1979 Lawrence Halprin

1996 Jane Jacobs

1980 Hugh A. Stubbins

1997 Jaime Lerner

1981 Edward Larrabee Barnes

1998 Jaquelin T. Robertson

1982 Vincent Scully

1999 Lord Richard Rogers

1983 Robert Venturi

2000 Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Contact:
Jane Ford: (804) 924-4298

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